Evidence for positive selection in putative virulence factors within the Paracoccidioides brasiliensis species complex

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Matute, Daniel Ricardo ^a   Quesada Ocampo, Lina M ^b   Rauscher, Jason T ^c   McEwen, Juan G ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

^d Unidad de Biología Celular y Molecular   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 43; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN FKS; PROTEIN P27; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; FUNGAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PATHOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIRULENCE;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, FUNGAL; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 56149120247     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000296     Document Type: Article

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